Explorers of the Arctic

From George Washington to Odysseus, heroes come in a variety of forms. In “The Man Who Took the Prize” written by Caroline Alexander, Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, had the goal of becoming the first to travel to the North Pole. However, after failing his mission, as Robert Peary had beat him, he began racing for “...the most prestigious prize the world of exploration still offered: the South Pole” (Alexander). With this, he gathered his men and headed out for one of the most obscure areas

“The North Pole is Discovered by Dr. Frederick A. Cook.” Cook is an American explorer who had seemingly returned from being dead. He was said to have stayed more than a year in the Arctic and had claimed he reached the pole in April 1908 which was exactly a full year before Peary had ever reached the North Pole. Peary was born in 1856 and he was claimed to be one of the last imperialistic

in from elsewhere. Also the Circumpolar Council-Alaska looks out for coastal villages in the state. The United States and the other countries all contribute to global warming and pollution that affects the Arctic. The oogruk are the largest of Alaska’s Ice seals. The inuit live in the Arctic region, which includes parts of Alaska, a few European countries and Russia. The Inuits in Alaska are having many problems because of global warming. They are having trouble finding food while hunting and Alaska

covered a large area around Hudson’s Bay, including the northern expanse above the bay (Rose 4). In 1880, Britain granted the new dominion of Canada the Arctic Archipelago (Rose 5). Including 94 arctic islands and “all Islands adjacent to any such territories” discovered or not (Bonikowski). To secure Canadian sovereignty, Canada sent explorers Joseph-Elzéar Bernier and Vilhjalmur Stefansson to leave plaques and flags on several islands. The symbolic significance of flag raising is questioned, as

Changing Climate: The Transformation of the Arctic Professor Pollack’s lecture on the transformation of the Arctic provided a good overview on the potential socio-economic and geopolitical impacts brought by climate change. The harsh conditions, severe storms, ice cover, and long periods of darkness in the Arctic have made human exploration and habitation difficult. Driven largely by interacting forces of climate change and increased human activities, the Arctic region is warming at twice the global

by Mary Shelley, was published in 1818, but was set some time in the 1700s. Mary Shelley introduces the character Robert Walton to the readers in the form of letters between him and his sister, Margaret. Robert is a wealthy explorer who is on a ship sailing through the Arctic. Readers can learn more about Robert’s character from the quote, “I am too ardent in execution, and too impatient of difficulties.” (pg.13) The quote above can be broken into two parts. The first part is, “…too ardent in execution…”

the warmist were wrong about the effects of climate change that include rising sea level as result of melting glaciers. To backup his claim, Booker states, “The European Space Agency in 2013 and 2014 revealed that after years when the volume of Arctic ice had been diminishing, it increased again by as much as 33 percent” (Booker 2015). While some may be thrown off by his statistic, we must look at how accurate his fact is regarding to the European Space Agency's claim. In fact on European Space

overprotective mom. Alvins mom also doesn't want him to go by any friends house or walk down the street without his mom or any of her friends watching him. Alvins teacher gives him an assignment about an african american. He chose Matthew Henson the famous explorer that explored around the north pole. Alvin wanted to do a lot more for this project because the was an awesome prize involved. Avin thought it was a good idea to go to the north pole for his project. So he ran away and with his saved money, he used

assistants on other polar ventures, however famous the expedition and it’d leader, are seldom remembered and really celebrate.” (pg 3) The diction/imagery of the quote creates a tone of excitement foreshadowing Henson’s wild adventurous pursuit into the Arctic. “Matthew Henson died in New York City on March 9, 1955, at the age of eight-eight, and was buried in Woodland Commentary in the Bronx.” (pg33) The quote explains the plot of when Henson would die and where. Also the quotes syntax is methodical and

Roald Amundsen is known as one of the most successful arctic explorers, having been the first person to lead expeditions that reached the North and South Pole. Roald was born on July 16th, 1872, near Oslo, Norway. He was the 4th son born to his parents Hanna Sahlqvist and jens Amundsen. Roald had promised his mom to become a doctor and began studying medicine when he was 15, but dropped out at age 21 when his mother died. He then began his journey at sea. He was successful since the beginning, as